Mariyam Mohamed felt she had a shot of making a convincing case to voters picking Asia’s female representative on FIFA’s governing council. She did not realize a powerful Arab sheikh would ...

The official, Mariyam Mohamed, also convinced judges at sports’ top court that an influential Kuwaiti sheikh had actively interfered in elections held by the Asian Football Confederation in 2019 ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A candidate who lost an election to join the FIFA Council this month has filed a formal complaint accusing Olympic powerbroker Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah of "threats ...